Universities: Battle for the top brains
22 Mar 2011 | Reported by Lee Duffield
Bringing in the best ... In this first report in a two-part series, Lee Duffield looks at how Brisbane’s QUT has recruited talent overseas, to help get itself into the top league of research universities.
Bullets could rebound for 2011 NBL season
Saturday, August 21, 2010, 2:19 am | Reported by Tom Kojrowicz
Plans to re-introduce the Brisbane Bullets for the 2011-2012 National Basketball League (NBL) season have been detailed by Basketball Australia chief executive and former Bullets legend Leroy Loggins.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival puts Brisbane on map
Saturday, August 21, 2010, 2:17 am | Reported by Phoebe Parsons
Brisbane’s burgeoning fashion scene shows no sign of slowing down, as the fifth annual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival wraps up a success.
Bus malfunction becomes smoking road hazard
Saturday, August 21, 2010, 1:27 am | Reported by Candice Anderson
Queensland buses are “uncontrollable” and “unpredictable” a Translink spokesperson said, after a bus malfunction leaves a passenger trapped and engulfed by smoke.
Organisers hopeful for folk festival’s future
Saturday, August 21, 2010, 12:17 am | Reported by Ashleigh Elliott
Organisers of the famous Woodford Folk Festival say a $3 million grant promised by the Labor Government if it is re-elected, could save the festival’s future.
Billy cart championships to draw crowd of thousands
Friday, August 20, 2010, 12:49 pm | Reported by Denica Gorman
The sixth annual Lord Mayor’s Billycart Championships organised by the Rotary club of Carindale will take place this Sunday at the Carindale Recreation Reserve in Brisbane’s south.
Anti-swearing fines ‘ripe for abuse’
Friday, August 20, 2010, 3:42 am | Reported by Dave Stopford
New laws, allowing Queensland police to issue on-the-spot fines for swearing, have sparked the ire of civil liberties groups.
BAM! Festival faces cancellation
Friday, August 20, 2010, 2:58 am | Reported by Marnie Gerrard
BAM! Festival organisers have announced they would cancel this year’s festival unless ticket sales increase in the next week.
Youth contracts ‘linked’ to rugby league’s development
Friday, August 20, 2010, 2:35 am | Reported by Mitch Ogden
Local Brisbane boy Lachlan Creighton will have to deal with the insecurity of youth contracts in rugby league after recently signing to the Gold Coast Titans.
Rudd’s seat ‘a popularity contest’
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:48 pm | Reported by Michelle Thomas
The media scrutiny surrounding former prime minister Kevin Rudd in his Brisbane electorate of Griffith is overshadowing voters’ other political options, opposing candidates say.
Undecided Queensland voters grill leaders
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 6:08 pm | Reported by Tom Doyle
Prime Minister Julia Gillard emerged well from some questions at the public forum at the Broncos Leagues Club in Brisbane on Wednesday night, speaking after Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Each candidate took one hour to answer questions from a 200-strong audience.
